B♭sus2 — bouzouki chord

Suspended 2nd · 4 fingerings for trichordo (D–A–D)

Notes and intervals

B♭sus2 (B♭ sus2) is built from B♭ C F: intervals 1 2 5.

Fingerings on D-A-D

Frets, low D · A · high D

  1. Root position: 8-8-10 (B♭ F C)
  2. Root position: 8-3-3 (B♭ C F)
  3. 1st inversion: 10-8-8 (C F B♭)
  4. 2nd inversion: 3-3-8 (F C B♭)

Neither open course (D or A) is a chord tone, so every shape is fully fretted.

In the dromoi

None of the dromoi on this site lists B♭sus2 among its chords, so it is shown here as a shape reference.

Trichordo (D-A-D) and tetrachordo (C-F-A-D)

These shapes are for the three-course trichordo. A tetrachordo’s A and D courses are tuned the same, so the top two notes stay put and the low-D bass note moves two frets up the C course. The first shape, 8-8-10 on trichordo, becomes C 10, A 8, D 10 on tetrachordo, with the F course left out.

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